Sen. Brown: 'I'm liking what I see' on financial reform legislation

Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) offered a hint that he may support the
financial reform bill when it comes to a final vote later this month.

“I’m
going to be making a decision soon, but I’m liking what I see,” Brown
told WHDH television station in Plymouth, Mass., on Sunday.

Democrats were forced to delay a final vote on the sweeping
regulatory overhaul after Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) died and Brown
would not commit to backing the bill before the July 4 recess, leavign
them short of the 60-vote threshold needed to overcome a Republican
filibuster. Authors of the legislation had made a last-minute change to
remove a $19 billion bank tax last week after Brown objected.

Brown said he would review the final conference report over the
weeklong recess. Democrats gained some breathing room, however, when
Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) said she would support the bill. Cantwell
had voted against the initial Senate version, which Brown had backed.

The first-year Massachusetts senator also defended his record and
suggested he had acted in a more bipartisan fashion than Democrats.

“Bipartisanship,
by the way, is a two way street. While I voted about 30 percent of the
time with the Democrats now, not one Democrat has voted with me," Brown
told the TV station.